Health care politics and policy in America / Kant Patel, Mark E. Rushefsky.

Armonk, N.Y. ; London : M.E. Sharpe, [1999], ©1999.

xxv, 452 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

2nd ed.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-439) and index.

Health care politics -- Health care policy in the United States -- Medicaid: health care for the poor -- Medicare: health care for the elderly and disabled -- Health care and the disadvantaged: falling through the cracks -- Health care cost containment -- Medical malpractice and medical liability -- Health care technology -- Reforming the system -- The triumph of incrementalism: revolution, rationing, and reaction -- Conclusion: health care policy at the end of the twentieth century.